Nouns and Noun Phrases - University of Macau Library

. zowel de oude mannen als de oude vrouwen
both the old men and the old women
b′. *de zowel [oude mannen] als [oude vrouwen]
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When N2s head a phrase that is smaller than a full noun phrase, we predict that
initial coordination of phrases headed by such nouns is impossible. As is shown in
the primed examples in (107) for quantifier and collective nouns by means of
zowel ... als ..., this expectation is indeed borne out. Note that it is not coordination
itself that causes the ungrammaticality, since the primeless examples with the
conjunction en ‘and’ are fully acceptable.
(107) a. een paar oude mannen en oude vrouwen
a couple [of] old man and old women
a′. *een paar zowel oude mannen als oude vrouwen
a couple [of] both old men and old women
b. een groep Engelse jongens en Franse meisjes
a group [of] English boys and French girls
b′. *een groep zowel Engelse jongens als Franse meisjes
a group [of] both English boys and French girls
VI. Movement
The primeless examples in (108) show that the projection headed by N2 can never
be moved independently from N1; the noun phrase consisting of N1 and N2 cannot
be split. The primed examples show that the same thing holds for numerals and
quantifiers: Standard Dutch does not allow this so-called split topicalization
construction. That the judgments on the primeless and the primed examples are
related is clear from the fact that those dialects that do allow the primeless examples
also allow the split patterns in the primed examples. We refer the reader to Coppen
(1991), Vos (1999), and Van Hoof (2006) for a discussion of split topicalization.
(108) a. *Pinguïns heb ik [NP een heleboel [e]] gezien aan de Zuidpool.
penguins have I a lot seen at the South.Pole
a′. *Pinguïns heb ik [NP drie [e]] gezien aan de Zuidpool.
penguins have I three seen at the South.Pole
b. *Bramen heb ik [NP drie emmers e ] geplukt.
blackberries have I three buckets picked
b′. *Bramen heb ik [NP veel [e]] geplukt.
blackberries have I many picked
VII. Quantitative er
That the phrase headed by N2 and the nominal projection following a numeral
sometimes exhibit similar behavior is also clear from the fact already discussed in
Section 4.1.1.3.4, sub I, that both can be replaced by quantitative er when N1 is a
quantifier or measure noun. This again shows that the projection of N2 is smaller
than DP, given that DPs cannot be replaced in this way.